Saturday, 20 April 2013

Base Station 27mhz

This is my home CB set up. A Cobra 142GTL-A, matched with
a Turner +3B desk mic, real old school stuff. The Cobra was a cheap pick up for
me last year, and works surprisingly well for a 35 year old radio. It's has nice
clear receive and all reports on TX are good. It's on frequency and very stable
with no warm up required. The only minor issue was the meter lights were not
working, so I bought some blue LED's and put them behind the meters. The Turner
mic cost me more than the radio, but a good investment and I get great audio
reports with it. There are some Cobra 142's brought in from the USA that aren't
240 volt, so worth checking if your considering to purchase one. The 'A' in
142GTL-A shows it to be a unit designed for Australia and have a 240 volt
transformer. They can also run on 12 volts and have a standard 3 pin jack on the
back. Nice radio and really enjoy using it.